"Dave Van" wrote:

Just a few thoughts on this. And these are just thoughts since,
after about 3 years of kayaking, I too consider myself a novice.

I appreciate your humility Dave. However, if there’s to be any
differentiation in our abilities/experience, as there should be, either I
have to change my description of my experience to something like “wouldn’t
recognize a sea kayak if it hit me in the butt,” or you have to change
yours to something like “novice-intermediate.” I’m hoping you’re willing
to change yours ;-). Perhaps I should change mine as well.

Also, I appreciate your thoughts on the skeg. I hadn’t thought of the
degree of deployment as a way to regulate the stern’s tendency to rotate to
down wind, relative to the bow’s tendency, and therefore regulate the
overall boat’s tendency toward stern-to-the-wind, bow-to-the-wind, or
neutral. Makes sense anyway.

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Paul S.